News and Weather Briefing for Friday, April 26, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A stationary front located just south of our area moves north as a warm front today and washes out across our area, but giving us a cooler day because of clouds and a few showers. After that, expect a warming trend through the weekend and into next week as high pressure takes over. A weak cold front is expected to approach from the northwest in the middle of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Light winds out of the northeast.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 10am and 5pm. Patchy fog between 9am and noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 9am and 3pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northeast around 5 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s.
Nantahala Area
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (9.5 out of 12) today with Maple, Birch, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.7 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for April 26th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin in 1986
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Highlands in 1919
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.24 inches in Highlands in 1939 (also the state record)
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
–> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 102°F in Carthage, Moore County on 04-29-1981
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-08-2007
Greatest Rainfall 7.30 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 04-16-2011
Greatest Snowfall 19.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-11-2003
News Briefing
—STATE AND LOCAL—
Court filing claims NC State destroyed or altered evidence in Poe Hall | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Autopsy reveals gruesome details in Macon County murder-suicide | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Rep. Chuck Edwards sanctioned by House commission over communications rules violation [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Lowering U.S. and NC Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Former NC Judge John C. Martin [Macon Media]
• Report: Western NC camp staffer and camp responsible for NY child’s death in ‘bivy’ [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• (video) NC lawmakers focus on budget goals for 2024 short session [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Under the Dome: Welcome to the 2024 legislative session [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Sylva Pride won’t apply again for parade permit; citizen group plans to march anyway [BPR]
America and China fight for mineral monopoly | Caspian Report
Myanmar conflict: Insurgent groups and the military junta battle for control | DW News
• Haiti PM Ariel Henry resigns as transitional council is sworn in [BBC News]
• Burkina Faso soldiers massacred over 200 civilians in a day, Human Rights Watch says [Africa News]
• Can Paris still deliver on its Olympic promises with only three months to go? [France 24]
• At least 155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains pound East Africa [Al Jazeera]
• Why nearly intact Iranian missiles are being found in the Negev – explainer [Jerusalem Post]
—International Conflicts —
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 25, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 792: White House says US can sustain aid through 2024 while Russia targets Balakliya train station [Euromaidan Press]
—PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS—
• Moscow issues diplomatic warning to Washington [Russia Today]
• North group of Russian forces to target Kharkiv as part of major offensive [Pravda]
• Russia says its battlegroup West seized better positions [TASS: Russian News Agency]
Global National: April 25, 2024 | What led to Harvey Weinstein’s overturned 2020 rape conviction?
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – April 25, 2024
“CBS Evening News” Full Broadcast | April 25, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – April 25, NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 25, 2024)
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, April 26, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 – Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster’s Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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